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Faustina Junior, Augusta 146 - Winter 175/176 A.D, Wife of Marcus Aurelius
Pudicitia, modesty and chastity, was for Romans the highest regarded female virtue. For an unmarried girl, pudicitia meant virginity. For a wife, it meant faithfulness and devotion to her husband. Romans loved the story of Arria, an ultimate example of Roman pudicitia. When the emperor Claudius ordered her husband Paetus to end his own life, he hesitated. Arria took his dagger and stabbed herself to set an example, saying, "Paetus, it doesn't hurt."RB72340. Orichalcum dupondius, RIC III AP1404b, BMCRE IV AP2159, Cohen III 187, SRCV II 4732, F, nice portrait, Rome mint, weight 12.970g, maximum diameter 26.9mm, die axis 315o, struck under Antoninus Pius, 148 - 152 A.D.; obverse FAVSTINAE AVG PII AVG FIL, draped bust right, hair with band and a bun at back; reverse PVDICITIA, Pudicitia (modesty and chastity) seated left, right hand holding veil, left resting on lap, S C (senatus consulto) in exergue; SOLD
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